{"id":1888,"date":"2018-03-26T20:55:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T10:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/recipes\/hot-cross-buns\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:43:24","slug":"hot-cross-buns","status":"publish","type":"recipes","link":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/recipes\/hot-cross-buns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Cross Buns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Makes approximately 18-20 mini buns)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nIngredients:<\/strong><br \/>\n4 cups (500 grams) plain flour<br \/>\n\u00bd teaspoon (2 grams) salt<br \/>\n2 teaspoons (9 grams) mixed spice<br \/>\n\u00bc cup (50 grams) caster sugar<br \/>\n50 grams butter, cut into cubes<br \/>\n1 cup sultanas<br \/>\n3 teaspoons (10 grams) dried yeast<br \/>\n1 cup milk (200 ml)<br \/>\n2 eggs<br \/>\nGLAZE AND CROSSES: 3 tablespoons flour, golden syrup for brushing <\/p>\n<p><strong>Equipment:<\/strong><br \/>\nMixing bowl<br \/>\nBoard<br \/>\nZip lock bags<br \/>\nMeasuring cups<br \/>\nMeasuring spoon<br \/>\nJugs<br \/>\nMetal butter knives<br \/>\nBaking trays<br \/>\nBaking paper<br \/>\nForks<br \/>\nPastry brush<br \/>\nOven mitts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Heat oven to 200\u00b0C<br \/>\n2. Tip the flour into a bowl and stir in salt, mixed spice and sugar.<br \/>\n3. Rub in butter with finger tips until it resembles bread crumbs.<br \/>\n4. Stir in dried fruit and yeast.<br \/>\n5. Fill jug with milk and warm till hot. Crack eggs into milk and whisk rapidly.<br \/>\n6. Pour egg milk mixture into flour and using a butter knife, mix the ingredients to a moist dough.<br \/>\n7. Divide the dough and then shape the dough into buns on lightly floured surface. Buns slightly larger than a golf ball.<br \/>\n8. Space side by side on baking tray and cover loosely with cling film or clean, dry towel.  If time permits leave in warm place until double in size.<br \/>\n9. Mix the 3 tablespoons of flour with 2 tablespoons water to make a paste.  Pour paste into zip lock bag and make a nick in one of the corners.  Pipe crosses on top of each bun.<br \/>\n10. Bake for 12 minutes or until risen and golden.<br \/>\n11. Brush with maple or golden syrup.<br \/>\n12. Serve as is or toast and serve with butter.<br \/>\nHAPPY EASTER!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Makes approximately 18-20 mini buns) Ingredients: 4 cups (500 grams) plain flour \u00bd teaspoon (2 grams) salt 2 teaspoons (9 grams) mixed spice \u00bc cup (50 grams) caster sugar 50 grams butter, cut into cubes 1 cup sultanas 3 teaspoons (10 grams) dried yeast 1 cup milk (200 ml) 2 eggs GLAZE AND CROSSES: 3&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1889,"menu_order":0,"template":"templates\/custom-recipe-st.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"types":[50,48,51],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipes\/1888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recipes"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipes\/1888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1920,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipes\/1888\/revisions\/1920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wholekids.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types?post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}